Soudal Quick-Step negotiate Volta Catalunya Stage 4
The 169km course between Sort and Lleida – one of the towns that featured on the inaugural edition of the Volta a Catalunya – was the only day of this year’s race that was designated for the faster finishers, meaning that our team’s main job was to guide Mikel Landa, who sits in second place in the overall general classification, safely through a hectic finale.
The Soudal Quick-Step riders did that without incident, on a day that was dominated by a three-man breakaway which was typical of a stage of this profile type. This was reeled in by the work of several sprinters’ teams with 25 kilometers to go, which led to Marijn van den Berg (EF Education – EasyPost) taking the win.
Volta a Catalunya continues on Friday with a hilly day that could belong to a breakaway.
Photo credit: ©David Ramos / Getty Images
Race details
| 1 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education - EasyPost |
3:40:19 |
| 2 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Wanty |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Emīls Liepiņš Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:00 |
| 4 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
0:00 |
| 5 |
Axel Laurance Alpecin - Deceuninck |
0:00 |
| 6 |
Cyril Barthe Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
| 7 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:00 |
| 8 |
Dorian Godon Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
0:00 |
| 9 |
Orluis Aular Sanabria Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
0:00 |
| 10 |
Jacopo Mosca Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
| 19 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
| 41 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
| 56 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
| 111 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
| 143 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
| 151 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:26 |
| 152 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:42 |
| 1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
17:18:31 |
| 2 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:27 |
| 3 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
2:55 |
| 4 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
3:21 |
| 5 |
Chris Harper Team Jayco AlUla |
3:22 |
| 6 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
3:27 |
| 7 |
Wout Poels Bahrain - Victorious |
3:31 |
| 8 |
Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
3:32 |
| 9 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
3:50 |
| 10 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
3:52 |
| 31 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step |
9:04 |
| 40 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step |
14:24 |
| 48 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
18:21 |
| 53 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
20:55 |
| 74 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
31:16 |
| 119 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
45:29 |
| 1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
28 pt |
| 2 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
12 pt |
| 3 |
Nick Schultz Israel - Premier Tech |
10 pt |
| 4 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education - EasyPost |
10 pt |
| 5 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
7 pt |
| 6 |
Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel Euskaltel - Euskadi |
6 pt |
| 7 |
Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny |
6 pt |
| 8 |
Xabier Isasa Larrañaga Euskaltel - Euskadi |
6 pt |
| 9 |
Arne Marit Intermarché - Wanty |
6 pt |
| 10 |
Jimmy Janssens Alpecin - Deceuninck |
5 pt |
| 26 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
1 pt |
| 1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
55 pt |
| 2 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
40 pt |
| 3 |
Harold Tejada Canacue Astana Qazaqstan Team |
37 pt |
| 4 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
26 pt |
| 5 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
24 pt |
| 6 |
Steven Kruijswijk Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
20 pt |
| 7 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
16 pt |
| 8 |
Attila Valter Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
16 pt |
| 9 |
Wout Poels Bahrain - Victorious |
14 pt |
| 10 |
Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
14 pt |
| 24 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
4 pt |
| 1 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
17:21:52 |
| 2 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
0:35 |
| 3 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:12 |
| 4 |
Pablo Castrillo Zapater Equipo Kern Pharma |
4:47 |
| 5 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
5:16 |
| 6 |
Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility |
5:18 |
| 7 |
Darren Rafferty EF Education - EasyPost |
7:17 |
| 8 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
15:00 |
| 9 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
18:21 |
| 10 |
Jorge Gutiérrez Gonzalez Equipo Kern Pharma |
18:32 |
| 20 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
42:08 |
| 1 | Movistar Team | 52:09:32 |
| 2 | Bahrain - Victorious | 1:14 |
| 3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:24 |
| 4 | Israel - Premier Tech | 7:12 |
| 5 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 7:28 |
| 6 | Soudal Quick-Step | 9:25 |
| 7 | EF Education - EasyPost | 11:18 |
| 8 | UAE Team Emirates | 13:45 |
| 9 | BORA - hansgrohe | 14:15 |
| 10 | Lidl - Trek | 14:40 |
